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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 84 · 40 questions
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Speaking tips (Grammar point): Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).

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  1. 1.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  5. 5.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) camera (d) temple
  6. 6.Make a sentence: her / to / grandmother. / Riya / letter / a / wrote
  7. 7.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  8. 8.🏖️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) beach (c) picnic (d) camera
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / We / a / train
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) diya (d) sweets
  14. 14.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  15. 15.Make a sentence: to / a / We / train / took / Jaipur.
  16. 16.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / Diwali / on / We
  18. 18.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / We / train / took
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / took / We
  21. 21.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) film
  22. 22.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  23. 23.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / her / letter / to / a / wrote
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / on / lit
  25. 25.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / We / on
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother
  28. 28.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / night. / lit / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / train / We / a / to
  30. 30.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / took / train / a / to / Jaipur.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: wrote / a / to / Riya / her / letter / grandmother.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: wrote / a / to / her / Riya / grandmother. / letter
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / to / We / took / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / on / lit / diyas
  37. 37.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) picnic (d) sweets
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / her / letter / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / to
  39. 39.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) camera (d) fireworks
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / We / on / diyas / lit

Answer key

  1. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. went
  4. made
  5. temple
  6. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  8. beach
  9. Last week, we went to the beach.
  10. We took a train to Jaipur.
  11. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. watch
  13. film
  14. played
  15. We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. did
  17. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. was
  19. We took a train to Jaipur.
  20. We took a train to Jaipur.
  21. diya
  22. were
  23. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  25. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  28. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  29. We took a train to Jaipur.
  30. took
  31. We took a train to Jaipur.
  32. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  33. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  34. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  35. We took a train to Jaipur.
  36. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  37. picnic
  38. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  39. fireworks
  40. We lit diyas on Diwali night.

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